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UST sit down, Goudy and be cool and make the best of itfor my ghost is is a going to follow you every where. I'm Doctor Daily Transparent, Ghost and I called up thosemen, whom you and your men have cheated here In these rooms, to give you an opportunity to make restitution. to them and also pay Doctor Daily Back what you cheated him out of I am going to stay right here and watch you wright out your checks for every last dollar, you owe them and all you got from me and take the advice of the Doctor's ghost and don't try to short-change any of them. Then, you'll promise to leave this little city of Kent. and you going to also promise and drowe up a Contract that you never start another gambling house as long as you live now if you want to live very long you better not say Know,

"You can write my check first, it not a large sum as you no I've lost Twenty-five Thousand dollars over your card tables, and all of it unfairly. of course, I dont need money now as I am A ghost but you got to pay your debts, cigther here or in the hereafter that wright get busy and write out my check and all of the other mens checks Thank you! Mr, Goudyfore my check for the Twenty-five Thousand that you cheated me out of unfairly. now write out all fo the rest and give them all every penney that you took of them now, mind I'm watching you!"

The Doctor Transparent Ghost was angry, but he enjoying the situation hughely, he listened to Old Goudy's stumbling explanations and apologies, He was so numb with fear and dread that he could hardly make out the cheekslegibly, and toward the end he stopped and looked all around the larg e. room and explaining—simply I'm A damn. fool I can't see any one to make me do this. But Doctor Daily's ghost took him by the arm and said you can't see any one but you can hear what the ghost tells you to do now if youwant me to let you live," you better hand out them checks !at the sound of theGhost voice Goudy simply handed each man his check and he snapped at anyone who questioned him.

When the processof restitution was nearly completed the ghost said to Goudy "Tell Bolton I want a good, substantial lunch, in a bout thirty munits, "I'm hungry! said the Doctor's Ghost what the matter with you Goudy didn't you know ghosts got hungry, well, old pall they do. and you are a going to join me and you to Jones if you too did drive me to suicide." They declined with a shudder, and the Doctor laughed maliciously. "Goudy. you and jones are too old scoundrels and i hope that some one will choke you boath to death! Oh, dont jump and get so scart I'm not going to do it—I'm too offal hungry. but while I 'm lunching. I suggest that you and Jones pack up your suitcases you've boath got to get out of this town and country you know. and I'm going along and see you buy your ticket's

Bolton him-self served the lunch, his waiters being too much terror-stricken at the thot of serving a man Ghost whose body was in the bottom of Rock-River Bolton tried to flatter the waiters he said he dident mind a little thing like a ghost but he was perceptibly awed when he saw the aparently unassisted manipulations of knife and fork, and the food disappeared some where and not a soal to be seen every thing was so quait not a sound to be heard untill the Doctor heard footsteps going towards the door Hold on. there Goudy and Jones you wait a minute! please I'm going with you too you know!" Goudyhurried all the more, but jones turning his head frequently. to see if the ghost was pursuing them

Oh, I'm here! Doctor Daily Assured them. whenever they turned "dont fear you two is not agoing to lose me!"

At the ticket window. the Doctor's Ghost stood at thear shoulders, the ghost even boarded the train and shared Goudys seat for the first ten or twelve miles of the flight.

"Well, goodby, Goudy and. Jones said the ghost And when you cross the Great Divide. as you go through Wyoming be sure I'll be on hand to give you a welcome!" as you land in over in canada so long to you two old raskals. and the ghost left the train and took the next one back to kent city. It was in the after-noon when the ghost returned to kent-city. I've had enough excitement for one day went direct to a picture theater and sat thru a five real picture reveling in one of the most luxury of Box. as he left the picture theater, he saw the Banker and a murchent on the corner of the street and he heard the banker say to the merchent. your stenographer clamcs that the Ghost of Doctor Daily had spoken to him this morning that what he said and i guess some more has heard the Doctors Ghost as the murchent finished the Banker snorting "Bah you cant make me belive that thare is such a thing as A Ghost you are all scart be cause a man was driven to suicide. Know Ghosts I tell you

"You dont belive in ghosts said the Doctor at the Banker shoulder.

"Why, you old skeptic I've been troutting around at your heels all day!' The Banker edged away from the Doctors voice. his eyes bulging you droped your key to your offes and the Doctor picked it upand dangled it in front of the banker say old Top you are a nother old cheat you dont pay your men enough so that thay can scarsely make a liven you better make a rase in all your help salery and how a bout promoting my brother gorge if you do be sure to say that Doctor Daily Ghost suggested it my brother and I were best if friends you know he fore I jumped into Rock-River and now all that left of Dock is His Ghost he went off laughing

As He went down on the next street on the corner of lovers lain he heard some one speak his name there on a banch sit a girl and a young man the girls eyes were very much inflamed but the Doctor recognized them the Girl was Clara homes and the young man was the Bankers son The doctoe listened in amused silence. The Doctor was a fine man you were engaged to the Doctor you said? Yes "Wewould have been